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Exploring the dark side of the theories put forth by such icons as Norman Vincent Peale and Eckhart Tolle by looking to both ancient philosophy and current business theory, Burkeman--a feature writer for British newspaper The Guardian--offers up the counterintuitive idea that only by embracing and examining failure and loss and unhappiness will we become free of it.
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The Antidote: Happiness For People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
Oct 01, 2013, Penguin Canada
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The antidote: happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking
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Table of Contents
On trying too hard to be happy
What would Seneca do? The stoic art of confronting the worst-case scenario
The storm before the calm: A Buddhist guide to not thinking positively
Goal crazy: when trying to control the future doesn't work
Who's there? How to get over your self
The safety catch: the hidden benefits of insecurity
The museum of failure: the case for embracing your errors
Memento mori: death as a way of life
Epilogue: negative capability.
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Originally published: Edinburgh: Canongate.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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